I was elected to the city council in 2020. In 2022, my colleagues on council unanimously voted for me as your vice mayor. This is my first reelection bid.
My husband and I have lived in Sedona since 2013, having...
I’m Derek Pfaff, candidate for Sedona City Council. Sedona is my home and I care about its future. I’m seeking a seat on City Council so that I can apply my voice, ideas, personal experience and expertise as a...
It has been a privilege serving our Sedona community as a city council member for the last four years. My 30-year background in government and community service helped prepare me for the role, but nothing can substitute for on-the...
I was born in the Los Angeles area. I have two brothers and five sisters. Even though neither my Mom nor Dad graduated from high school, all eight of us have college degrees. My parents knew the value of...
On June 29, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies from the eastern area patrol took a report from two victims, a husband and wife, living in the Village of Oak Creek who claimed they had been defrauded out of over...
My first term as your mayor has gone by in the blink of an eye, and working with this council, we have achieved many accomplishments to better Sedona. I have built relationships where none existed for many years. These...
In July, the greater Sedona community is being challenged to fill blood drives on three consecutive days. The American Red Cross is hosting drives on July 17, at Sedona Winds Assisted Living, and July 18, at the Church of...
1924 — April 25, 2024
Ann Frazier, 100, formerly of Sedona, died April 25.
A graduate of George Washington University, she lived in Sedona for 30 years, where she was active in camera and hiking clubs and attended Wayside Chapel, before...
May 4, 1934 — June 3, 2024
F. Ruth Jordan Jackson Van Epps, 90, of Cottonwood, died June 3.
A daughter of Sedona founder Walter Jordan, whose farmhouse is now the Sedona Heritage Museum, she was a school counselor and a...
The Sedona Fire District was dispatched on Sunday, June 30, at approximately 9:45 a.m., to a rescue call transferred from Coconino County Sheriff’s Office dispatch for a patient experiencing a life-threatening heat-related illness near Chicken Point along the Broken...
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